noun:

• tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord
• scrubbing wood to give it texture

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
• to be declared the winner - idiom

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1; non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M) - IT term

noun:

• feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

expression:

• every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠

noun:

• documents to be presented; work to be submitted; submitted document; submitted work

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

noun:

• man-to-man; one-to-one

noun:

• house to house; door to door

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1 - IT term
• non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)

interjection:

• thank you; thanks - abbreviation ➜ どうも有難う

adverb:

• much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret)
• quite; really; mostly
• somehow
• in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ➜ どうしても

interjection:

• greetings; hello; goodbye

noun:

• Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to labor (labour) for the public good; to work for the public good

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have one's nose mutilated; to have one's nose cut off

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to repay double the original amount
• to repay x times the original amount - following a number x

ichidan verb:

• to come for the first time; to become for the first time

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to grab someone by the collar; to grab someone by the lapels

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom